Judge rules that abortion pill be banned
Legal challenge likely to head to Supreme Court
(Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk)
A Texas judge issued a decision that could lead to the banning of the first pill in the two-pill abortion regimen prescribed by doctors.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is a member the U.S. District Court for the northern district of Texas, invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s long-time approval of mifepristone.
In the decision, Kacsmaryk uses antiquated terms like “abortionist” to refer to abortion providers. His ruling was quickly invalidated by a Washington State judge who said that the pill could continue to be available.
The different decisions will likely lead it to the Supreme Court in the first major abortion case of the post-Roe era.
A few weeks ago, Repro Rights Now spoke to Melissa Grant, the chief executive officer of Carefem, an abortion provider that offers telemedicine. Grant said antiabortion lawyers are targeting the drug so it will be blocked in every state.
“For how long? We don't know,” Grant said.
The second dose, Misopristol, still works as an abortion agent without the first pill. But the effectiveness of the treatment decreases from around 99 percent to about 95 percent. Still, the option remains.
“I look for them to go after that next,” Grant said.
Carafem was already providing misoprostol only during the Trump administration because the former president had targeted mifepristone too. Grant said that it was necessary to remember how long these medications have existed.
“It's devastating to think that a small number of people who have a political axe to grind can make the decision better than a pregnant person in their physician about what's right for them,” Grant said.
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